boka ratton Florida what started as a quiet night at the bright Line train station quickly turned into a police intervention officers were called to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked in the lot inside they found a woman asleep behind the wheel of a running Land Rover but was this really a crime or was this an overreach of police Authority today we break down the case the legal aspects and the arguments for and against her arrest using real body cam footage let's dive in have you talked to her yes yes we have hello hey ma'am ma'am ma'am ma'am do me a favor I'm going to turn the car off okay okay I'm officer Bagwell I'm with the Booker's Home Police Department do you know where you are right now yeah yeah what's going on are you okay yeah what's going on tonight how can we help you no I'm good I'm good you're not good because well thank you f home 32 can you sign up they can't fit okay okay what's your first name Angela Angela okay Angela what's going on no I'm going I appreciate it did you take anything right now you have SE spe and do you want what I'm sorry yeah all right do you have any like medical condition or anything like that no no medical condition do you take any medication how'd you get here how did I get here yeah I I don't know you don't know how you got [Music] here what what's the last thing you remember I don't know how long have you been here I don't know you don't know all right listen the fire department is going to come up here to make sure you're okay okay that would be nice you feel all right that would be very nice that would be very nice yeah okay why because you feel unwell or what's what's the issue I don't feel best so that would be good okay do you have any kind of medical complaint I don't think I need to disclose that to you the fire department I I I don't think fire department is coming to to speak to you would you like to speak to them is this your car no it's someone else of course it's my car I don't know that it's red sh to you yeah what' you say your name was angel angel I mean are you like trying to tell me is not registered to me we were just asking yeah so it's so do you want them to take your vital signs or anything do you want to talk to them do you want to go to the hospital anys they can take you to the hospital if you want to go they just need to know they're trying to help you that's all we're trying to do is we're trying to help you so do you feel like you need to go to the hospital no do you want them to take vital signs or anything no what year is it silly questions you got to answer what year is it what year is it just it's just their protocol that's all it is you got to answer the questions and I'll leave you alone 2024 okay who's the president of the United States Biden okay what state are you in right now Florida okay and you want no medal medical attention at all okay thank you all that correctly for them yes did Super so where are you coming from I'm I'm I'm not actually doing anything I know I was just trying to have a conversation with you that's all MH no that's incorrect don't worry he's going to come talk to you and get your whole side of the story no worries you'll be able to explain everything you do know I'm sitting here in a parking right I know right but the vehicle's on you're behind the wheel of a vehicle the vehic vehic not on it's no longer on on it is you mind stepping out of the car for me no I'm not all right so I'm going to explain to you what's going on okay so that that way there's no question in your mind what's happening all right so you were F passed out behind the wheel okay that's why the fire department came here to check you out make sure you're okay so our first concern was is this a medical emergency what's going on right now I'm talking to the folks that work here they saw you stumbling out at the train okay appearing to be heavily intoxicated I'm talking to you I can smell the distinct odor of intoxicants okay coming from you have SL speech so at this time I believe that the wheel and hi okay so the reason for me asking you to step out of the car is one you are detained right now you're not really free to leave okay and I want you to either perform a series of exercises to dispel my suspicion that you may be impaired okay and we'll go from there did you understand I said oh would you want to participate in some field sobriety exercises to any alarm you don't want to participate in any field exercises all right you step out of the car for me okay you have to I'm trying to be as nice as possible okay it's a it's a flawful command to step out of the okay I don't know if you can tell I'm a police officer with the uh po cartone police department okay my car Angela do us a favor and step out of the car we're asking you nicely we're going to help you wait wait is she like stepping face your car face your car wait no so do you understand if you do not if you do not do these tests do me a favor we're going to explain everything to you okay so don't freak out don't tense up we're going to explain everything to you all right in Florida DUI laws don't just apply to someone who is actively driving according to state law a person can be charged with DUI if they are in actual physical control of a vehicle while Under the Influence this means that even if the car isn't moving simply being in the driver's seat with the engine running is enough for an arrest the key factors officers look at include is the person in the driver's seat is the engine running does the person have access to the Keys in this case all three conditions were met but was this enough for a DUI charge if you don't perform the task then there's no way for you to dispel our alarm his alarm that you're not intoxicated while you're driving okay wait okay okay that hurts a little bit but okay do you understand no repeat to me he's going to talk to you yeah yes step this way well I all right um no listen we're we're past that okay because I I explained you what was going on that I I have a suspicion that you impaired okay and you're in possession of your car okay the car was running when we made contact with you okay so I I asked you to perform some Fu some fuel exercises to dispel any alarm that I have that you may be iner okay and you deny so now you're under arrest for DUI okay do you have anything in your car that you need cell phone wallet your ID or something like that a car you're going to go no I what do you want listen you're under arrest for DIY okay you're under arrest you have handcuffs on you're going to go to the backseat of my car when you go to the station okay you know I just do anything we're going to go we're to wait no hold on what do you want I'm trying to work with you here so what do you want okay I appreciate that actually what do you want my my like purse or like my my like actual they're going to take care of that okay no I they can look in my car there's nothing in there we're grabbing your phone yes you can make a pH yes the keys yeah and the crit or driver's license okay that's it everything else is staying in the car and the car is staying here all right okay let's go not we will bring your phone with you okay are you sure yes I am sure we will bring your phone with you yes yes I'm sorry I can't make any promises but it's definitely coming okay all right step over here face the car all right I just need you to spread your legs a little bit okay widen your just a little bit I have to do a search on you okay because you're going to get in our car so I just have to make sure that you don't have any guns any knives or anything for our safety okay this is really weird I'm you just have to take off your drry okay are you okay you want me to try to take it off no I ouch your earrings are on very very tight I'll try to take it off gently okay um I'm sorry I'm trying to don't worry it's coming Sor do you have any other piercings anywhere okay you good it's okay so right now we're going to go to the Bon police station okay okay where am I going what's going on like so you're going to the Bon police station right now you are under arrest for DUI because you were the car was on you were trying to leave in your car and you were passing out at the wheel so so officer here he had asked you if you were able to do some exercises you didn't necessarily want to do them so we had to go off of what we saw which is why you're under arrest for DUI right now we're going to go to the Buon police station um there's going to be a breath test operator there where if you want if you don't want to she's going to read you a whole disclosure can submit breath if you want to again they're going to go over over all of that okay there will be someone there to explain everything there okay are you going to be there I will be there okay okay I'm sorry I have one more question is my car your is going to stay here we are not going to tow it okay okay I'm going to close the door now let's examine both sides of the debate supporters of the arrest argue that she posed a clear risk even though she was asleep the car was running meaning she could have driven off at any moment her refusal to take sobriety tests and cooperate with officers further Justified their decision to take her into [Music] custody on the other hand critics argue that sleeping inside a car does not mean she was actively driving driving some believe the officers could have handled the situation differently perhaps allowing her to sober up or call for a ride instead of immediately arresting her others question whether being in a parked car with the engine running should legally be considered actual physical control under DUI laws so was this arrest Justified or was it an unnecessary escalation Florida's DUI laws are strict and this case highlights how physical control can be interpreted in different ways what do you think should officers have let her go or was this a necessary action to prevent a possible 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